Wilfried de Beauclair

Wilfried de Beauclair (1912 to 2020) was a Swiss born German engineer and computer scientist counted among the first generation of computer pioneers. He collaborated with Konrad Zuse on the Z4 computer system and later worked on the ER 56 electronic computer at Standard Elektrik Lorenz. He also wrote Rechnen mit Maschinen (Calculating with Machines), a visual history of computing technology from its origins to 1964, first published in 1968 and reprinted in 2005.